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ExamPreparationSheet 1. Describetherelationshipbetweenasignalsfrequency,itswavelength,andISI. 2. Howcanitbethatadeviceisunabletodetectasenderssignal,butstillexperiencesinterference causedbythesender? 3. Whycansignalreflection,scattering,anddiffractionbedesirableeffects? 4. Brieflyexplainmultipathpropagation,longtermfading,andshorttermfading. 5. Whatareguardspaces,whyaretheyneeded,andcanyounamedifferenttypesofguardspaces? 6. ExplainASK,FSK,PSK,MSK,BSK,andQPSK. 7. Howdoesspreadspectrumtechnologyprotectagainstinterference? 8. Howdoesfrequencyhoppingprotectagainstinterference? 9. Explaintheconceptofcellbreathing. 10. WhatisCSMA/CD,nameatechnologythatusesthisapproach,andexplainwhythisapproach willfailinwirelesssystems. 11.

. Explainthehiddenandexposedterminalsproblemusingconcreteexamples. 12. BrieflyexplainSDMA,FDMA,TDMA,andCDMA. 13. BrieflyexplaintheAlohaandSlottedAlohaprotocols. 14. ExplaintheMACAprotocol. 15. HowisthesendingsignalgeneratedinCDMAandhowistheoriginalsignalrecreatedatthe receiver? 16. BrieflydescribehowGSMusesSDM,TDMA,andFMDAsimultaneously. 17. Whatisahandoveranddescribe3differenttypesofhandoverinGSM. 18. Whatisthedifferencebetweeninfrastructurebasedandinfrastructurelesswireless communications? 19. ExplainthedifferencebetweenDCFandPCFin802.11. 20. Whatarethedifferenttiming/priorityparametersusedin802.11MACandhowaretheybeing used? 21. Howdoesthe802.11MACprotocolprovidefairnessamongcompetingstations? 22. Does801.11MACavoidstarvationandifso,how? 23. WhatisthepurposeoftheNAVmechanismin802.11? 24. Whyarethere4addressfieldsin802.11framesandwhataretheyusedfor? 25. Whatarebeaconsusedforin802.11? 26. ExplainTIM,DTIM,andATIMin802.11. 27. Howmanychannelsdoes802.11use(intheUS)andwhichonesdonotinterferewitheach other? 28. Namedifferencesbetween802.11b/gand802.11a. 29. WhatisOFDMandhowisitbeingusedin802.11? 30. DescribeaBluetoothpiconet,includingaddressingandhowmanydevicescanbepartofa piconet? 31. DescribeascenariowhereadeviceinBluetoothpiconet1cancommunicatewithadevicein piconet2,evenifthereisnodirectlinkbetweenbothdevices. 32. DescribeatypicalcommunicationpatternbetweenaBluetoothmasteranditsslavesforboth SCOandACLtraffic(showexamplesofpacketlossforboth). 33. WhydoweneedMobileIPandhowdoesitwork? 34. WhyarestandardInternetroutingprotocols(DistanceVector,LinkState)insufficientformobile multihopnetworks? 35. WhataretheoperationsexecutedbyDSR? 36. WhyisTCPsslowstartabadchoiceforwirelessnetworksandhowdofastretransmitandfast recoveryimproveTCPsperformance? 37. CompareITCP,SnoopingTCP,andMobileTCP. 38. Whyisselectiveretransmissionpreferableinwirelessnetworks? 39. Explainclientsidecachingoffilesystemandwhyisthisapopularchoiceforwirelessnetworks? 40. HowdoHTTP1.1spersistentconnectionsimproveperformanceofwirelessWWWaccess?

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